We've seen the spy shots and yeah they were of a Pilot but I would bet a lot of money that the Passport and Pilot are basically the exact same mechanically so this would be an, ahem, plug and play situation.

A PHEV in this size, for whatever reason, makes more sense to me than a PHEV Pilot. I think Honda might be better served with this vehicle and the Odyssey as the PHEV variants. The Odyssey has the Pacifica PHEV to compete against so that seems the likeliest - and I guess...I dunno...I just can't wrap my head around a PHEV Pilot for whatever reason.

Also I'm assuming this doesn't have the 3rd row to deal with - like in terms of folding it flat - so theoretically it could have more room for a battery than the bigger Pilot. Not an expert in any way here obviously - the MDX was able to fit the battery for the Sport Hybrid without any issues - but I'm guessing a PHEV battery is going to be a lot bigger.